Hyperloop firm to build 200mph ‘traffic tubes’ in Denver

Denver could win the race to become the world’s first city to install a system based on Elon Musk’s Hyperloop system.

Transport bosses have backed the radical plan, which will build a network of roadside tubes at the congested heart of the city that will whisk drivers and their cars to their destinations at speeds up to 200 mph following the route of the E-470 Toll Highway.

Unlike the much faster Hyperloop model being pursued by Elon Musk and others, Arrivo plans to create smaller routes to connect parts of major cities, and promises to ‘eliminate traffic’ in Denver.

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The firm behind the plan says it will connect every part of Denver in 20 minutes. It promises to ‘eliminate traffic’ in the city, and claims the first commercial route could be operating in 4 to 5 years

HOW IT WORKS

The technology uses magnetic levitation to make the vehicles float, and electric power to move them forward.

Additionally, Arrivo’s proprietary technology keeps the system moving at full speed and delivers each vehicle directly to its destination.

Unlike the hyperloop model, Arrivo is focused on regional distances, providing high-speed travel to connect every part of a super-urban region such as Denver in less than 20 minutes.

It says this can provide high-speed travel to connect every part of a super-urban region such as Denver in less than 20 minutes.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), E-470 Public Highway Authority, which operates a 75-mile user-financed toll road running along the eastern perimeter of the city, and Arrivo, a next generation transportation company founded by an ex SpaceX and Hyperloop One engineer are collaborating on the plan.

The Arrivo test site will be near E-470 and groundbreaking is slated for early 2018.

The public-private partnership will build the first ever ‘Arrivo’ super-urban network to serve the greater Denver region.

’21st Century transportation technology is finally arriving, and Denver is positioned to be the early benefactor,’ said Brogan BamBrogan, Co-Founder of Arrivo.

‘Everyone is a winner with our technology. Passengers and cargo arrive quickly and efficiently at extremely low cost.

‘The whole region also wins as our high-throughput enables more total miles traveled to support growth and economic firepower.

Arrivo will end traffic and futureproof regional mobility. Now that’s a big win.’

Arrivo now plans to build an Engineering and Technology Center in the Denver region, with s test track adjacent to the E-470 Toll Highway where the proposed first commercial leg of the Denver network will be built.

‘Colorado’s rapidly growing population and booming economy makes for the ideal location for the development of an Arrivo system,’ said Governor John Hickenlooper.

‘Arrivo’s additional decision to locate their test facilities, adding up to 200 employees by 2020 and $10 to 15 million to our economy in 2018, is a testament to the culture of innovation that drives our economic engine.’

The Arrivo system propels four models of vehicles that serve different passenger and cargo needs through an enclosed, electromagnetic superhighway.

The technology uses magnetic levitation to make the vehicles float, and electric power to move them forward.

Track will be built following the route of the existing E-470 Toll Highway

Unlike the hyperloop model, Arrivo is focused on regional distances, providing high-speed travel to connect every part of a super-urban region such as Denver in less than 20 minutes.

The Arrivo system propels four models of vehicles that serve different passenger and cargo needs through an enclosed, electromagnetic superhighway.

The technology uses magnetic levitation to make the vehicles float, and electric power to move them forward.

Additionally, Arrivo’s proprietary technology keeps the system moving at full speed and delivers each vehicle directly to its destination.

‘Arrivo’s system is an additional layer of transportation designed to complement existing modes of transportation, connect with the airport, the metro, and even allow people to use it with their own car.

‘The residents, visitors and businesses of Denver will now have a new tool to be anywhere they want to be,’ says BamBrogan.

‘We are reaching max roads in many cases in Colorado. Arrivo has a unique and practical approach to implementing hyperloop technology to eliminate traffic and dramatically improve the way people and goods move around the city,’ said Shailen Bhatt, Executive Director of CDOT.

ELON MUSK’S LA HYPERLOOP TUNNEL REVEALED

Elon Musk has shared the first ever photo of the traffic-busting tunnel that will allow Los Angeles commuters to travel under the city at 150mph (240kph).

The 150-metre (500ft) shaft, excavated by the billionaire’s tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company, ‘should be 2 miles [3.2km] long in three or four months’, he said.

The SpaceX and Tesla founder came up with the idea for the tunnelling firm while frustrated at being stuck in heavy LA traffic.

Elon Musk has shared a new photo of the traffic-busting tunnel that will allow Los Angeles commuters to zip under the city at 150mph (240kph). The 150-metre (500ft) shaft ‘should be 2 miles [3.2km] long in three or four months’, he said

He plans to build a series of tunnels underneath the city that could ferry cars in pods on ‘electric skates’ to avoid LA’s notoriously busy roads.

We have known for months that Musk’s Boring Company has been testing its equipment beneath SpaceX’s LA headquarters.

But this is the first image he has shared of what appears to be a completed underground system since the firm was granted permission in August to dig under public roads around campus.

Arrivo and CDOT will conduct a feasibility study for the first commercial leg, in conjunction with construction of the Arrivo test site near E-470.

Arrivo plans to have the first commercial route operating in Denver in the next 4 to 5 years, which could also serve as a high-speed connector for other transit systems entering into the Denver area.

The technology uses magnetic levitation to make the vehicles float, and electric power to move them forward

Arrivo plans to have the first commercial route operating in Denver in the next 4 to 5 years, which could also serve as a high-speed connector for other transit systems entering into the Denver area.

‘E-470 has transformed over the years from a well-managed, successful road to include a technically-charged organization that is leading the toll industry through its continuous advancements in the area of technology,’ said Sandy Bish, Information Technology Director at E-470 Public Highway Authority.

‘We look forward to working with Arrivo and CDOT to review the potential development of this innovative technology that could improve mobility in Colorado.’

Customers will be able to order cars to come to their homes using the system

For the past year, Arrivo has focused on finding strategic projects and partners to accelerate its commercial ambitions.

This included linking with AECOM, which has experience designing, building and financing global transportation projects around the world.

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